You’ve got the classics with berries, custards, and pecans. Ahh the classics. But then you have beets, bacon, and tapioca balls too…uh…um, perhaps these are the new classics? You’ll have to decide for yourself on 7/25! Read each of our 20 Pie or Die Teams’ Pie names and descriptions below:
Team # / Team Name / Pie Name / Pie Description
- Peace O’ Pie / Sour Cherry Sweet Berry Pie / “Indulge in the fruits of summer with this tart and sweet ruby red berry pie with a flaky, crispy crust.”
- PieTisserie / Borscht Pie / “Whether you love beets or hate them, our Borscht Pie casts this ruddy root vegetable in a whole new light. Finally, beets reveal their sweeter, smoother side.”
- The Pie Peddler & The Cherry Kid / Upside Down Pecan Pie / “Imagine if you will, a buttery crumbly topping flipped to caress a caramelie pecan pie goo with hints of honey, then drizzled with dark chocolate.”
- Pretty in Pie / Apple Huckleberry Pie / “An updated classic- all-butter flaky crust meets cinnamon-laced apple filling dotted with tart huckleberries from our family’s farm in Oregon. The pie is topped with a crumble crust for crunch.”
- The Menagerie of Pie / July Flame / “The peaches are ripe, on the verge of collapse. Rhubarb gives it edge, tapioca keeps it together. Butter crust holds it in and lets it travel. And it all tastes damn good.”
- Team Rolling Thunder / Grama’s ‘Go-To’ Pie / “A spicy, dense custard pie with sour cream and butter from a local, sustainable, cruelty free source–some of our best friends are lactating cows! Delicately macerated dried fruit, nuts, fresh eggs from happy chickens that frolic in our backyard, meringue on top, and the flakiest scratch crust in the free world.”
- Miss Lady Em / Afternoon Raspberry Tea Pie / “An earl grey shortbread cookie crust filled with raspberries dancing in a smooth lemon-raspberry compote, topped with a dollop of delicious Devonshire cream. Best enjoyed with pinkies up!”
- The Sugar Lumps / Super Fierce Pecan Buttermilk Pie / “Creamy buttermilk custard studded with toasted pecans, with a hint of lemon and chocolate, in a delightful cookie crumb crust.”
- Ooh La La Ladies / Ooh La La Olallieberry Pie / “Our pies consist of hand picked olallieberries sourced from local farms, nestled between flaky layers of all-butter pastry, topped with turbinado sugar. Growing up in Cambria, CA, Ooh La La Lady Kami learned the secrets of her mother’s famous olallieberry pies.”
- Eat the Love / Check(mate) Please! Lemon Chess Pie / “Backyard home-grown lemons and local blackberries update this Southern classic chess pie with a California twist. Almond scented crust adds a contemporary touch, while a drizzle of berry sauce made with a touch of San Francisco honey adds homey complexity.”
- BOO Blue Monsters / Blue Monster Pie / “Blue Monster Crust (blueberry-peanut butter oatmeal) with a thin schmear of sweet organic blueberry jam, topped with a layer of tart blueberry cream cheese filling, and a fresh mixed berry infused whipped cream.”
- MaliNumNum Treats / Porky-Pecanutty Pie Perfection / “A Bacon and pecan pie baked in a bacon crusted crust. Did we say bacon?”
- Gypsycab / I Wanna Hold Your Hand (pie) / ” These little hand pies on the go boast a buttery, flaky pie crust with a bourbon-peach filling.”
- Gretchen’s All-American Fruit Scoops / Delectable & Fruit-tastic Strawberry Pear Pie / “If “American Pie” had featured this little morsel it would have snogged all the boys and the girls by the end of the film! Juicy pear and sweet strawberries team up with a rich, flakey crust to give your senses an evening they won’t forget. (And the extra pinch of flavor has gotten it banned from band camp more than once!)”
- Gleeks / Rachel Berry Pie / “Bite-sized almond custard pies loaded with mixed berries, topped with honey sweetened whipped cream and shaved almonds.”
- Black Jet Baking Co. / Black Jet’s Apricot Blackberry Pilot / “Imagine the best local apricots and blackberries in the flakiest most badass crust in town.”
- Happy Endings! / Lemon-Blueberry Buttermilk Pie / “Southern style, custard-like pie made with fresh organic buttermilk, summer fruit, and creme fraiche. Go south and let your mouth enjoy a luscious lemony custard followed by a burst of blueberry goodness. Truly a sex in the mouth moment.”
- Pie Love Baking / Summer Love Peach Pie / “Sweet, organic summer peaches in a rosemary, all-butter crust, served with creme fraiche goodness.”
- Quittin’ Time / Hannah Banana Creme Pie / “Fresh bananas and rich, silky custard in a chocolate cookie crust, topped with homemade whipped cream.”
- Ready, Willing, and Mable / Sweet Little Pucker / “Pie so tasty you’ll be convinced you’ve been transported to an island paradise. Lemons, rhubarb, plum, lime and ginger will amp your taste buds into an erotic and exotic frenzy.”